Paige VanZant is a pretty popular name in the combat sports community. Because of her fighting career and participation in reality shows, VanZant enjoys a huge fan following. The former UFC fighter does her best to keep her fans updated. Recently, VanZant shared a post on her Instagram of a tattoo she got. Netizens had quite the reaction to this tattoo.

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Posting the video on Instagram, VanZant captioned it saying, ” “Heart of a Warrior, Soul of a Lion.” No one can ever deny how much heart I have in my fights. At times I’ll drop everything I have ever learned and fight with nothing but pride, which doesn’t always lead to the best outcome. This is a reminder to myself, I already have the heart and soul all I need to do is take care of the rest. 👊🏼 thanks for the work @_zack_aaron_tattoo_”.

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Fans and followers of Paige VanZant had quite an interesting reaction to her new tattoo. A user named ernesto__007 expressed his displeasure on seeing the tattoo. The comment said, “Stupidest tattoo ever just like your husbands 🤦🏽‍♂️”. Another user by the ID of eyeewishh said, “Wow that s**t is wack“.

breesey22 questioned VanZant by commenting, “Are you going through a midlife crisis?”. Further,

Paige VanZant’s transition from Combat Sports to Pro-Wrestling

Paige VanZant first came in the eye of the combat sports community because of her career in Mixed Martial Arts. VanZant made her UFC Octagon debut in 2014.

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Since then, VanZant has had a career with both ups and downs. In her career in the UFC, VanZant won five fights, and she lost four in the process. In 2020, VanZant left the UFC and tested free agency.

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While testing free agency, VanZant made a shock move to bare knuckle boxing. She signed a 4 fight contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, which was worth over $1 million. In her bare knuckle debut, she faced Britain Hart. VanZant lost this fight via a unanimous decision.

In her second fight, she faced Rachael Ostovich, whom she once beat in the UFC. However, things did not go as planned for VanZant, as this time she lost to Ostovich via a unanimous decision once again.

Following her loss, VanZant made her pro-wrestling debut. The following week, VanZant was seen on AEW again as she attacked Chris Jericho. In March 2022, AEW CEO Tony Kahn announced that Paige VanZant will sign a contract with AEW.

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Moreover, it seems as if VanZant has a lot on her platter. The former UFC fighter will look to make a name for herself, considering the amount of things she is involved in. Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments down below.

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Varun Anand Bhat is an MMA writer at EssentiallySports. Not only does he train in MMA but he is also a certified judge, which gives him valuable insight while writing content. The fight between Conor Mcgregor & Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 was responsible for making him interested in the sport of MMA. Since then he has been following and studying the sport fanatically. He has completed his graduation in sociology. His goal remains to compete and grow in the sport of MMA while writing comes to him because of his parents who inculcated the habit of reading and writing from a young age. Apart from MMA, Varun loves to read non-fiction books along with writing about different topics on his blog. You can also find him grooving to music and listening to podcasts during his leisure.

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